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16 Facts About Trond Sollied

1.

Trond Johan Sollied was born on 29 April 1959 and is a Norwegian football manager and former player.

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Trond Sollied earned fifteen caps for the Norwegian national team, scoring one goal.

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Trond Sollied has education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

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Trond Sollied went on to Rosenborg where he served as the assistant manager under legendary coach Nils Arne Eggen in the 1997 season.

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In 1999, Trond Sollied wanted a new challenge and therefore left the Norwegian League to try his luck in the Belgian League.

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In six seasons, Trond Sollied won everything: two championships, two cups and two Supercups.

7.

Trond Sollied disputed that this video was released without his permission.

8.

Trond Sollied was officially presented by Olympiacos chairman Socrates Kokkalis as the club's new manager.

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Trond Sollied achieved winning the league title in three different countries.

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Trond Sollied led the team to the Belgian cup final in 2008.

11.

On 15 March 2008, it was confirmed that Trond Sollied had signed a two-year deal with Dutch club Heerenveen.

12.

On 19 November 2009, MKE Ankaragucu made an official statement that they hired the Norwegian manager however Trond Sollied publicly stated that he has not signed a contract with the Turkish club.

13.

On 3 January 2011, Trond Sollied signed a contract with the Belgian First Division-team Lierse to save the club from relegation.

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Trond Sollied got fired from Gent on 23 October 2012, with the team positioned 7th in the league.

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Trond Sollied uses a zonal four-man defence, a holding midfielder behind two central midfielders, two wingers left and right and finally a powerful striker.

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Trond Sollied loves and adopts attacking football in all of his teams.